Diamond Sea is a photographic journey through Diamond Areas One and Two: a highly secure 70,000 square kilometre area along the coastline of the Namibian desert. This area, containing the world's richest diamond mine, has been sealed off from public access since 1907. ... [details]
Small, foldout leaflet featuring the statement "À la Tour Eiffel, le 13 October 2008 à midi" (At the Eiffel Tower, October 13, 2008, noon") printed across eight 10 x 12.5 pages. Contained in an envelope. ... [details]
"In 2000, as part of the exhibition 'Protest and Survive', Hirschhorn built a bridge linking the Whitechapel Gallery and the Freedom Press Bookshop, which is located adjacent to the Gallery across Angel Alley in the East End of London. ... [details]
"'Worldview' is a fascinating chronicle of the history of the world written from memory. The book begins just before the 'big bang' and ends as the twentieth century draws to a close. Written without any recourse to reference material, relying solely on Emma Kay's memory to chart history, from a variety of sources - newspapers, books, films, TV programmes, computer games, memories of school lessons, music, advertising and her own travels . ... [details]
"The Palaver is a pocket-sized artist''s book of images and texts by writer and film-maker Gad Hollander and artist Andrew Bick which functions as a story board for an imaginary film.
It consists of photographs that have an elusive but familiar quality, sourced in various European locations with corresponding text.
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"Artist's book by David Shrigley, an artist based in Glasgow, who has achieved international recognition; the success of this book has increased as his work has reached an ever-wider audience. Shrigley's work has been described as having the ability to make one laugh and cry at the same time. ... [details]
Catalogue raisonné of works published by Book Works up to 1996. Texts by Pavel Büchler and Ann Gallagher. Edited by Jane Rolo and Ian Hunt. Artists include Lothar Baumgarten, Michael Bracewell, Sue Brind, Jim Harold, Brian Catling, Jimmie Durham, Elaine Reichek, Ann Gallagher, Janice Galloway, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Susan Hiller, Jackie Kay, Sharon Kivland, Joseph Kosuth, Lily R. ... [details]
"Rex Reason presents the Periodic Table of the Elements in book form. A colour-coding system is set up (black for solids, blue for liquids and yellow synthetics) but where we might expect to find hydrogen, helium or lithium we find Yul Brynner, William Hogarth and Maria Callas. ... [details]
Typically sly and elegant artists' book.
"Joseph Kosuth made two installations in Oxford as part of 'The Reading Room' Project, for the particular contexts of the Taylor Institution and of the Divinity School of the Bodleian Library.
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Artist''s book by Cornelia Parker with photography by Edward Woodman."''Lost Volume: A Catalogue of Disasters'' continues Cornelia Parker''s preoccupation with destruction. Following on from Cold Dark Matter, where - with the help of the British Army - Parker exploded a garden shed crammed with objects, Lost Volume: A Catalogue of Disasters uses the intimate form of the book to present several flattened objects that - through the use of trompe-l''oeil - appear to have been squashed between the pages of the book. ... [details]